Thalassemia is a group of hereditary hemolytic anemia diseases. Thalassemia during pregnancy should be given medication, blood transfusion or termination of pregnancy according to the condition.
1. Light thalassemia: If there is no symptom, generally pay attention to rest, avoid exertion and infection, no special treatment is needed. General supportive treatment should be given to strengthen nutrition and avoid using drugs that affect the hematopoietic function of bone marrow and promote the destruction of red blood cells.
2. Medium-heavy thalassemia: palpitation, shortness of breath, pallor and other symptoms may occur after pregnancy. According to the hemoglobin test result, iron or blood transfusion treatment will be given in time to improve the anemia symptoms.
Currently in our country to carry out population β-marine anemia routine screening, it is recommended that early pregnancy chorionic villus puncture for genetic testing of bead protein production disorders anemia, mid-pregnancy amniocentesis, more than 22 weeks of the person to extract fetal blood type genes and hematological diagnosis, such as fetal genes have abnormalities, it is recommended to consider whether to terminate the pregnancy after evaluation.
Thalassemia during pregnancy, should be timely formal obstetric examination, according to the doctor’s advice to do the appropriate examination and treatment. Usually, you should pay attention to supplement iron-rich food such as lean meat, egg yolk, black fungus, etc., and avoid exertion.